Boys & Girls Club of Martin County
“The Positive Place for Kids;” the Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County, Inc. has been providing quality programs to local youth for the past 13 years.  Affiliated with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, staffed with trained, caring professionals and volunteers, the Club offers a positive alternative to drug use, poor grades, loneliness, crime, and negative choices. Activities include arts and crafts, field trips, a computer learning center, game rooms, bicycle safety and basketball.  The Hobe Sound Center has a newly constructed gym on its site, which is at 11500 S.E. Lares Avenue.  Call 772- 545-1255 for information.

The GFWC Hobe Sound Women’s Club, Inc.
The GFWC (General Federation of Women’s Clubs) Hobe Sound Women’s Club works to address needs in the community by supporting such initiatives as Relay for Life, Molly's Girls and mentoring programs at Hobe Sound Elementary School. Club members, who must be 18 or older, currently meet once a month at the Hobe Sound Civic Center, 8980 S.E. Olympus Street.  The Women’s Club co-sponsors the Hobe Sound Festival of the Arts each year with the Chamber of Commerce.  They also tend a beautiful butterfly garden at the west end of Zeus Park. Call (772)546-2832 for information.

Hobe Sound Community Chest
The principle function of the Hobe Sound Community Chest is to solicit and then donate funds to social service agencies in Hobe Sound.  Founded in 1949, the Community Chest continues to be the area’s premiere fund-raising organization whose goal is to help those agencies that help Hobe Sound residents.  Call 772-546-3326 for information.

The Hobe Sound Citizens Alliance
The Alliance endeavors to provide a citizens forum to address issues which affect the lifestyles, health, safety, and economic stability of the citizens of Hobe Sound.  The Alliance will make efforts to preserve the historical character of the community while assisting in the natural maturation process of Hobe Sound.  Protection of environmentally sensitive areas of the community and providing recreational opportunities are important goals of the Alliance. For more information please call Don Smith 772-546-1737.

Friends of the Hobe Sound Library
Friend’s of the Hobe Sound Library are the voluntary right arm of the local library system. They organize fund raisers, book sales, and other special events. Monies raised are used to purchase items for the library, and sponsor children's and adult programs. The Friends also provide funds for the staff to attend classes and seminars so that they can keep abreast with the latest happenings in the library world. Call 772-546-2257 for more information.

Veterans of Foreign Wars
The VFW Post 10132 is located at 6101 SE Dixie Highway, Hobe Sound, FL. The VFW mailing address: PO Box 665, Hobe Sound, FL 33475.  Current membership is about 1,200 veterans. The Veterans are involved in many community activities such as donating flags to the schools and teaching them about proper flag care and use.  They sponsor a patriotic essay contest for the high schools and elementary once a year. The Hobe Sound VFW Honor Guard is renowned throughout the area participating in many military funerals. Call them at 772-288-1040. The VFW supports the Veterans Hospitals especially the one in West Palm Beach.  They also support the nursing homes in the area.

American Veterans
The AmVets Post #14 is located at 10450 Southeast Dixie Highway, Hobe Sound, FL 33455. Contact them at (772) 546-6004.

AARP
The American Association for Retired People (AARP) meets at the Hobe Sound Civic Center on the second Tuesday of the month except in June, July, and August.  Call 772-546-2799 for more information.

Hobe Sound/Port Salerno Rotary Club
The Hobe Sound/Port Salerno Rotary is a club dedicated to the ideal of service to our local community. The Club supports a variety of local charities financially. They also are involved in hands-on projects to improve our community. Additionally, Rotary supports a number of National and International projects.
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
1. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
2. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
3. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business and community life;
4. The advancement of international, understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Rotary is always looking for individuals who subscribe to these ideals to join with us in this worthy endeavor. Meetings are held Fridays at 7:15 am - Pirates Loft Restaurant, Port Salerno, Florida. For more information please call Bill Whippen (772)221-9193.